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ESPN continues to raise the bar in NCAA Gymnastics coverage across its networks, with the 2020 NCAA Gymnastics Championship making its broadcast debut on ABC. Semifinal I will take place on Friday, April 17 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN2 with Semifinal II airing live at 6 p.m. Friday also on ESPN2. The Championship Final will be live on Saturday, April 18 at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
In total, ESPN networks boast more than 50 hours of flips, full-outs and all-around action in 2020. Between the regular season, Conference Championship Saturday and the NCAA Gymnastics Championship, more than two dozen meets featuring teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC will be available across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network and SEC Network+.
Defending national champion Oklahoma will bookend ESPNU’s regular season slate, as the Sooners are primed for a primetime meeting with Arizona State on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m., and OU hosts NCAA finalist Denver on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 12:30 p.m.
ESPN2 will present back-to-back nights of primetime gymnastics action the second week of the season, with Big Ten rivals Penn State and Nebraska flipping into action on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m., and six-time national champions Alabama hosting the four-time NCAA champion Sooners at 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17.
For the third straight season, ESPN will carry college gymnastics on Super Bowl Sunday, with a Southeastern Conference showdown set between Auburn and Georgia at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2.
SEC Network’s “Friday Night Heights” franchise returns in 2020, with a record nine consecutive weekends of high-flying action from around the conference beginning on Friday, Jan. 10. Viewers will be treated to three “Friday Night Heights” tripleheaders on SEC Network and ESPN2 featuring SEC squads during the 2020 regular season, including the first two weeks of the season. In total, SEC Network and SEC Network+ will showcase 19 live meets in the 2020 season.
Tripleheaders include:
- Jan 10 – Missouri at Kentucky (6 p.m. | SECN); LSU at Georgia (7:30 p.m. | SECN); Alabama at Auburn (9 p.m. | SECN)
- Jan 17 – Florida at Missouri (7 p.m. | SECN); Auburn at LSU (8:30 p.m. | SECN); Oklahoma at Alabama (9 p.m. | ESPN2)
- Feb 21 – Alabama at Florida (6 p.m. | SECN); Auburn at Arkansas (7:30 p.m. | SECN); LSU at Missouri (9 p.m. | SECN)
ESPNU and SEC Network are teaming up once again to close out the regular season with Championship Saturday on Saturday, March 21. The Big 12 Gymnastics Championship will be carried live in primetime at 7 p.m. with the champion being crowned on ESPNU.
For the fifth consecutive year, the SEC Gymnastics Championship will be telecast live, with the 2020 edition airing exclusively on SEC Network. Coverage of the afternoon session flips on at 3:30 p.m. with the evening session tumbling along at 8 p.m.
As always, every meet on ESPN networks is available via the ESPN App on connected devices.
| Date | Time (ET) | Meet | Network |
| Fri, Jan 10 | 6 p.m. | Missouri at Kentucky | SEC Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | LSU at Georgia | SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Alabama at Auburn | SEC Network | |
| Sat, Jan 11 | 6:30 p.m. | Oklahoma at Arizona State | ESPNU |
| Thu, Jan 16 | 7 p.m. | Penn State at Nebraska | ESPN2 |
| Fri, Jan 17 | 7 p.m. | Florida at Missouri | SEC Network |
| 8:30 p.m. | Auburn at LSU | SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Oklahoma at Alabama | ESPN2 | |
| Fri, Jan 24 | 7 p.m. | Kentucky at Arkansas | SEC Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | LSU at Florida | ESPN2 | |
| Thu, Jan 30 | 7 p.m. | Michigan at Nebraska | ESPN2 |
| Fri, Jan 31 | 7 p.m. | Arkansas at Missouri | SEC Network |
| 8:30 p.m. | Alabama at LSU | SEC Network | |
| Sun, Feb 2 | 4 p.m. | Auburn at Georgia | ESPN |
| Fri, Feb 7 | 7 p.m. | Kentucky at Auburn | SEC Network |
| Fri, Feb 14 | 7 p.m. | Arkansas at Alabama | SEC Network |
| 8:30 p.m. | Florida at Auburn | SEC Network | |
| Sun, Feb 16 | 3 p.m. | Kentucky at LSU | SEC Network+ |
| 8 p.m. | Kentucky at LSU | ESPNU (Tape Delay) | |
| Fri, Feb 21 | 6 p.m. | Alabama at Florida | SEC Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Auburn at Arkansas | SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | LSU at Missouri | SEC Network | |
| Sat, Feb 23 | 6 p.m. | Utah at UCLA | ESPN2 |
| Fri, Feb 28 | 7 p.m. | Florida at Georgia | SEC Network |
| 8:30 p.m. | Kentucky at Alabama | SEC Network | |
| Sat, Feb 29 | 12:30 p.m. | Denver at Oklahoma | ESPNU |
| Sat, Mar 7 | 8:30 p.m. | Georgia at Alabama | SEC Network |
| Sat, Mar 21 | 3:30 p.m. | SEC Championship | SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Big 12 Championship | ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | SEC Championship | SEC Network | |
| Fri, Apr 17 | 1 p.m. | NCAA Championship (Semifinal I) | ESPN2 |
| 6 p.m. | NCAA Championship (Semifinal II) | ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Apr 18 | 3:30 p.m. | NCAA Championship (Team Final) | ABC |
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